A net marked grisle?
There were 2 grisle landed on the Enniscorthy anglers water today 5 June including one on a killdevil spider trout fly. One of the fish, a grisle of about 3 1/2 pounds, seemed to be net marked as was a fish … Continued
Interesting things happening in the salmon world
The Atlantic Salmon Federation has published an interesting item on surgically implanting trackers into kelts on their way back to the sea on the Miramachi river building on the work done here with Nore and Blackwater kelts. Much closer to home a repeat offender illegal … Continued
Impact of 2011 improvements to Boro weir
SRT director Thomas Mernagh hightlights how the installation of a fish pass has alleviated the impact of a water extraction weir on the Boro which had completely blocked access to the several miles of spawning grounds.
Effluent Discharge from Bunclody Sewrage Plant
The Trust was notified last week by anglers of an effluent discharge from the new Bunclody sewrage plant on 17 March. They took a number of photos showing the discharge and its spread down the river. On an earlier vist they … Continued
Interesting Genetic Study in Waterford Estuary
Anyone interested in the type of scientific work being done on our salmon stocks could do worse than having a quick look at recent IFI research carried out on the genetic make up of the salmon stocks of the three sisters estuary. The … Continued
Kilkenny Pollution Case
A recent IFI successful case against a Kilkenny farmer for a silage pollution incident on a tributary of the Nore reminds us all the need to be vigilant for pollution incidents. If you see any pollution you should call IFI’s 24 … Continued
2011 Redd Count Results
Results for the 2011 redd count carried out by IFI staff provide some encouragement with the final count of 1,182 redds being the 2nd best result in 10 years reinforcing the impression members formed on the annual trip to the … Continued
Slaney Anglers provide almost 300 seatrout scale samples
A recent Angler up date on the Celtic Seatrout Program shows that Slaney anglers have provided almost 300 samples to program. These samples are currently being analysed in Cork. The program will be looking for further samples in 2012.
Input from the Scientists
The AST held a symposium in London on 13 December focussed primarily on the poor survival at sea issue. Irish and Norwegian scientists were to the fore in the presentations and the some of papers can be seen here. Anglers … Continued
Slaney Seatrout in Trout and Salmon Magazine
This months Trout and Salmon magazine has an article on seatrout fishing on the Clohamon beat in late July 2011. The Kill devil spider does its job.